busted the tap inside one of the holes. to hard to drill into to get an easy-out into. any suggestions? i needHELP!!! its in the diff caseing one of the holes for the cover. i cant drill into the broken tap piece its to hard of metal. any ideas? i neeed help!

I would suggest a good pair of safety glasses and get a good punch & hammer. with out a torch to soften the metal you can shatter it and dig out the pieces. hit it in the center and rip the teeth off the tap and the center should break away and fall out after its shattered

I would suggest a good pair of safety glasses and get a good punch & hammer. with out a torch to soften the metal you can shatter it and dig out the pieces. hit it in the center and rip the teeth off the tap and the center should break away and fall out after its shattered

Yep.....if you are lucky it is one of the through holes. Or you could simply do without if it is just one of the bolts.

It will be nearly impossible to drill out b/c it is hardened steel. They make tap removal tools that you might find on mcmaster-carr.com Or you can do like yetti said and put a narrow punch in the grove and slowly start tapping it out backwards. It sucks, I know. Next time make sure you only turn the tap maybe 3/4 turns before backing out and retapping to clean out the shavings and prevent this from happening again.

if it is just one, I would try puttin it together wit out it, might not need it. Especially if it is up top. lemme know if ya figure out how to remove it, I did this on one of the holes for my mirrors...